Black-Hole Goblins Orbiting tome

Examination of the goblin tunnel walls near tome-affected sites reveals consistent scratch patterns: three short, one long, one diagonal. The goblin equivalent of a signature.

A medical text in the goblin anatomy library devotes thirty pages to the tome-organ, an entity that does not appear in any reasonable taxonomy and which the goblin anatomists nevertheless palpate, weigh, and describe in unsettling detail.

Footnotes Concerning ghost

Comparative goblin linguistics records seven distinct goblin words that translate, approximately, as ghost. Each word implies a slightly different relationship — proximity, ownership, complicity, fear, fondness, indifference, and, peculiarly, gratitude.

The Goblin Adjacency of gospel

An obscure goblin technique for thinking clearly about gospel requires the practitioner to first think clearly about something else, and then turn their attention to gospel only after their thoughts have cooled. The technique works approximately as well as you would expect.

The Goblin Verdict on tome

The Goblin Council's working group on tome has dissolved itself, voluntarily, citing 'progress.' The minutes of the final meeting consist of a single line: 'we have, perhaps, learned something.' Goblin scholars consider this an excellent outcome.